Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur Win CFDA/Vogue Style Fund Award

Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur walked away Wednesday evening with the 2024 CFDA/Vogue Style Fund award. L’Enchanteur makes garments, eyewear and sculptures, however is greatest recognized for its jewellery assortment.

The 2 runners-up have been Jackson Wiederhoeft of Wiederhoeft and Spencer Phipps of Phipps.

Olympics observe star and gold medalist Gabby Thomas revealed the winners Wednesday evening through the CFDA/Vogue Style Fund at Monkey Bar in New York Metropolis.

The winner will obtain $300,000, whereas the 2 runners-up will obtain $100,000 every. All of the finalists will obtain enterprise mentorship. This yr marks the twentieth anniversary of the annual vogue fund. 

Codesigners and an identical twins Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur launched their ready-to-wear assortment in April 2022 in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Dynasty’s background is in textiles, whereas Soull’s is in metalsmithing.

The dinner was hosted by Steven Kolb, chief govt officer of CFDA; Anna Wintour, chief content material officer of Condé Nast and world editorial director of Vogue, and Zac Posen, govt vp and artistic director of Hole Inc.

Along with Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur, Wiederhoeft and Phipps, the opposite members on this yr’s competitors have been Taylor Thompson of 5000; Connor McKnight; Grace Ling; Kate Barton; Presley Oldham; Sebastien and Marianne Amisial of Sebastien Ami, and Jane Wade.

The twentieth Anniversary Mentorship Award Offered by Hole Inc. was revealed by Posen and a monetary grant was awarded to Grace Ling. Posen will function the mentor to Ling and be part of the 2025 choice committee. Hole Inc. additionally sponsored the dinner in celebration of this partnership.

Nordstrom invited the CFDA/Vogue Style Fund finalists to take part within the retailer’s “Safe the Area” problem, the place one designer (Dynasty and Soull Ogun of L’Enchanteur) was chosen to have their assortment carried at choose Nordstrom shops. This yr additionally noticed the return of the Design Problem, held final week, which is a legacy program supported by the Tommy Hilfiger model. Hilfiger served because the lead mentor of the ten finalists. For the Design Problem, the finalists got $10,000 to create a search for the Stripes and Stars theme.

As a part of the five-month competitors, designers needed to current 5 appears to be like to the judges over the summer season, and the judges went to their vogue reveals and did studio visits.

The 2024 CFDA/Vogue Fahsion Fund is supported by Hole Inc., Style League, Instagram, Nordstrom, Saks, Tommy Hilfiger and Vogue.

The members of the 2024 choice committee are Wintour, Kolb, Aurora James of Brother Vellies and Fifteen % Pledge, Eva Chen of Instagram, Mark Holgate of Vogue, Nicole Phelps of Vogue, mannequin Paloma Elsesser, Rickie De Sole of Nordstrom, Roopal Patel of Saks, and Thom Browne of Thom Browne New York and the CFDA.